Henderson State Baseball Hands Dawgs First Conference Sweep

 

March 24, 2019



ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Bulldog Baseball was unable to sustain an early lead against Henderson State in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, allowing the Reddies to complete the three-game sweep of SWOSU this weekend in Arkadelphia.

SWOSU falls to 12-15 on the year and 8-10 in Great American Conference play and they'll return to action next weekend in Weatherford with a three-game series against Arkansas Tech.

Game 1: Henderson State 8, SWOSU 6

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SWOSU built a 5-0 lead in the opener on Saturday, but could not hold off Henderson State in the late innings as the Reddies scored seven runs in the final two innings to steal the victory. The Bulldogs put four on the board in the third, getting a two-run double from Rafael Villela followed by a two-run triple off the bat of Sawyer Toole, making it 4-0 at the point. On his next at-bat, Toole came through with an RBI single up the middle, leaving the Dawgs up 5-0 heading to the bottom of the fifth.

HSU got one run back in the fifth, but did the rest of their damage in the seventh and eighth innings, where they combined for seven runs on five hits. After the Reddies took an 8-5 lead in the eighth, Tanner Long hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth, but it was not enough to get the Dawgs back in control as HSU held on for the win.

Game 2: Henderson State 5, SWOSU 3

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The series finale followed the opposite script as HSU built a 5-0 lead after five innings and forced the Dawgs to play from behind. When SWOSU needed to rally, the offense came through with three runs on four hits, including RBI doubles from Toole and Brady Burtner in the top of the sixth innings.

Henderson State tried adding insurance runs in the sixth, loading the bases against Dakota Jones, who recorded the final two outs with the bases packed and kept the score 5-3. Offensively, SWOSU could get no momentum in the top of the seventh, however, and HSU recorded the final three outs in order to sweep the series.

 

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